you would think a big 16 inch spire of asparagus standing alongside a walking trail would be impossible to miss, but with everything going vertical this time of year, we almost walked past several of these, and certainly did walk by others that are still standing, obvious and delicious, along this morning’s route. on the other hand our searching gazes did turn any number of other stalks–bracken fern stems, quack grass, buckthorn saplings, willow whips, and one slender green wooden dowel staking out a property boundary–into asparagus.
wild asparagus
sucker lake trail, saint paul, minnesota
p.s. today is my 50th birthday :-)
Anazing. Happiest of birthday to you. I hope your family treats you to a most amazing day. hugs
Thanks as always for being so generous and so supportive, and just for being Margie. Your warmth and encouragement make me think of you as a friend even though we have never met in person. If Still Blog had only brought me in contact with you and your sweet and thoughtful daily check-in, I would have counted it a success.
Happy birthday Mary Jo …have an amazing day!
Thanks to you, it was!
I’m always excited to see what you will come up with next on STILLblog. You have a wonderful eye for the natural world. Thanks for sharing it. Here’s wishing you a wonderful birthday!
Wow. Thank you Sara.
A very Happy Birthday to you! Thank you for your gift to me (and others)- appreciation for the beauty of nature on a tiny, rather than grand, scale.
Thank you, Sheryl. I’m so grateful to have people like you to share with.
wishing you the happiness that you give to us everyday. thank you.
Thank you, Margaret. The kindness of my Still Blog birthday well wishers has overwhelmed me.
Have the happiest day ever ! I would say do something very special, but you do that every day with your gifts to those of us who follow you.
Thanks, Carol. It’s so funny because I realized I wasn’t looking forward to my birthday, not because of turning 50 and getting one year older, but because all the hoo-haa of a birthday was going to distract me from such a pleasant and rewarding daily routine. I suppose that makes me sound awfully spoiled, but I feel that way these days.
What a nice treat. Happy birthday to you!
Thanks a bunch, Manisha!
Happy Birthday Mary Jo. I wish I could give you a gift as wonderful as you give me every morning. You have a wonderfully trained eye. Thank you for your gift to us!
I don’t know, Marty. Your comment was an awfully nice gift!
A very happy birthday to you! Thanks for the many gifts you give the rest of us each morning.
Thank you so much Celia.
Happy birthday! My brother-in-law turned 50 today too. (May 22nd) I am older than him so can tell you from experience that the fifties are good.
So far so good, Kathleen…